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At the New Year's Eve dinner table, Xu Sitong didn't show up. According to her sister, she was not feeling well and didn't want to spoil everyone's happiness. She was in the lounge now.
As the master, Su Yingru asked a few questions about her concern and then revealed it, and no one went to invite her.
Bai Xiaoxi was a little guilty, and asked Yan Xingzhi in a low voice, "Did I make her mad?"
Yan Xingzhi smiled and said, "Probably not suitable for the weather here, she will be fine when she gets home."
The little fox didn't have so many twists and turns in his mind, so he believed it and left it behind.
After having the New Year's Eve dinner, he will be given lucky money. Those who are not married are entitled to it. The only exception is Yan Xingzhi. Although he is unmarried, he is of high seniority and basically no one can give him money, so he has to be sent abroad.
Bai Xiaoxi also received it, Su Yingru and Yan Hongzhong gave one, and Yan Xingzhi also gave her one.
She held two big red envelopes and smiled so much that her eyes were crooked.
Afterwards, the older ones sat together to chat and watch the Spring Festival Gala, while the younger ones set up tables to fight the landlord, some went to the home theater to watch a movie, and some even went down the mountain for a party at the invitation of friends.
Bai Xiaoxi is the one who watched the Spring Festival Gala. Although in the eyes of many people, the Spring Festival Gala is becoming more and more boring, there is really nothing to watch, but she has not seen it before, and saw a group of people dressed in prosperous clothes and singing lively , it feels quite interesting.
In a group of middle-aged and elderly people, a young one sat her, and others couldn't help but talk about her.
Yan Xingzhi's third cousin asked Su Yingru, "How long have Xiaoxi and Xingzhi talked? Have you considered getting married?"
Su Yingru said: "Don't worry, Xiaoxi University has not finished yet. We will talk about it in a year or two."
In fact, she and Yan Hongzhong were in a hurry, but who told his son to like a little girl, he couldn't let people get married first regardless of their studies.
"Then you can also get engaged first, and get married after graduation. You can't be too young, but you can't drag it on, Xiaoxi, don't you think?"
Bai Xiaoxi was watching intently when he suddenly heard his name and turned his head blankly, "Huh?"
She didn't know that she was going through the calamity that countless single men and women had to go through during the Chinese New Year - the marriage urging from the seven aunts and eight aunts.
The third cousin is not bad-hearted. She is in her fifties and married early. She has a son who is the same age as Yan Xingzhi. Now her grandson is four or five years old. .
Just seeing Bai Xiaoxi's bewildered face, unable to understand the situation at all, she shook her head inwardly, with this childish look, she really didn't understand anything.
However, since she and Yan Xingzhi talked about friends, some topics were unavoidable. Su Yingru couldn't talk about it, but she could talk about it.
"The third sister is asking you, have you ever thought about getting engaged with Xingzhi first and getting married after graduation?"
got engaged
marry
Bai Xiaoxi was a little confused.
It's true that the little fox loves to learn from TV series, but her learning progress has not progressed to the plot of facing the elders' urging marriage.
She doesn't know that.
She hurriedly searched for Yan Xingzhi with her eyes, trying to ask for help.
Yan Xingzhi was talking to his second cousin on the other side, received Bai Xiaoxi's gaze, nodded with his second cousin, and walked over here.
He smiled and greeted Su Yingru and the others, put one hand on Bai Xiaoxi's shoulder, and asked her warmly, "Are you bored, get up and walk?"
Bai Xiaoxi hurriedly left with him as if he had been granted amnesty.
"It's pretty tight." Third cousin clicked, but didn't stop her.
As the saying goes, they can only come to Bai Xiaoxi, but they dare not test Yan Xingzhi's tone for things like picking up persimmons and urging marriage.
She comforted Su Yingru and said, "You and uncle don't have to worry. I see Xingzhi's energy and enthusiasm for Xiaoxi, and marriage will not be too far away."
Before Bai Xiaoxi made a fuss about Xu Sitong, although they didn't go out to watch the fun, they also watched around the house.
Who would have thought that the little girl looked so well-behaved and could be so noisy when she had an attack
What's even more unexpected is that Xingzhi is not angry at all. She is so petty and hugs and coaxes her. When have they seen him like that? Really broke my glasses.
Because of this, the fourth child was ashamed to continue to stay, and after eating, he took his wife and sister-in-law down the mountain.
On the other side, Bai Xiaoxi fled to the balcony, stuck out her tongue, and felt lingering fears, "The third sister asked me when I would marry you, which scared me to death."
Yan Xingzhi was funny, he thought she knew that sitting among relatives during the Chinese New Year, didn't she have any consciousness
"Don't worry, third sister and the others will leave tomorrow." He comforted.
"What about us?"
In previous years, the banquets went down the mountain on the first day of the new year. After that, the invitations for gatherings of friends, business partners, or the receptions and banquets of family friends could be arranged until the official work.
"You can stay for two more days if you like."
In other words, he couldn't stay that long.
Bai Xiaoxi thought about it and said, "Uncle and aunt are definitely not used to so many people leaving at once. I will stay on the mountain first, and if you need it, I will go down the mountain."
Banquet nodded.
Bai Xiaoxi leaned closer again and asked with a smile, "I will accept the New Year's money that you and your uncle and aunt gave me?"
"Give it to you, of course it's yours."
Bai Xiaoxi gave a small cheer, unlike the jade bracelet that Su Yingru had given before, this time she decided to use the New Year's money as her year-end bonus. Although she didn't work for the banquet for a few days in total, she had to have a sense of ceremony.
In the distance, a few fireworks could be heard from somewhere.
Although fireworks are prohibited in the city, many places in the suburbs are still allowed, but the old house did not buy fireworks for safety reasons.
Like a signal, after the first place started to set off fireworks, other places began to respond one after another.
The trees near the old house are lush, and they are on the first floor again, their sight is blocked, they can only hear but not see.
Bai Xiaoxi was seduced by the movement, so he couldn't help but ask Yan Xingzhi, "If you run to the mountain road outside, will you be able to see the fireworks?"
Looking at her posture, as long as Yan Xing stopped and nodded, she would be able to rush out immediately.
Yan Xingzhi listened to the sound of fireworks, and he was in a trance for a moment. Many years ago, when he was young, he ran around the house in order to see the fireworks at the foot of the mountain, and finally found a secret base.
He looked into Bai Xiaoxi's expectant eyes and said, "Let's go, I'll take you there."
Bai Xiaoxi followed Yan Xingzhi upstairs.
The main body of the Yan House is a three-storey villa, but there is a small attic above the third floor. Yan Xingzhi thought that no one came to this place now, and there should be a lot of dust. When I opened the door, I found that although the small attic was closed for a long time The smell is very clean, but the owner obviously asks for frequent cleaning.
There was only one table in the attic, under the skylight.
The table was also a few years old, and Bai Xiaoxi saw that there were still a lot of characters carved on it. The handwriting was a bit familiar, but obviously childish.
She thought that it should be left over from her childhood banquet.
Yan Xingzhi seemed a little surprised when he saw those words.
He stopped at the table.
Bai Xiaoxi didn't urge him, for fear of involving his privacy, and didn't read the words carefully, but at the first glance, she found that the paint on the table was extra bright around the writing, as if someone was often stroking it with their fingers.
She thought, is it Su Yingru and Yan Hongzhong
Although he didn't come into contact with many humans, Bai Xiaoxi still noticed that the relationship between Yan Xingzhi and his parents was not very close.
He cares about his parents' health, and responds politely to their concerns. He will play chess with Yan Hongzhong, and listen to Su Yingru talk about some household things. It doesn't seem to be a problem. , with little fluctuation, as when doing everything else.
Bai Xiaoxi saw from the TV series that the real parent-child relationship is not like this, laughing and scolding, full of flavors.
In reality, even if the second cousin is so annoying, her daughter will hold her hand and act like a spoiled child. Her son will nod his head perfunctorily in the face of her nagging, turn his back and roll his eyes and make faces, no matter whether it is good or not, at least They are alive and look real.
She didn't know what caused the current situation, how Yan Xingzhi's relationship with his parents should not be her business.
But she looked at Yan Xingzhi's back and looked down at those words, and felt that he was so similar to when he came back from a business trip in the early morning and sat alone in the living room.
The little fox didn't know how to describe the feeling of loneliness. She only knew that this kind of banquet was like a lonely tree on the snow, and it was also like a stray geese she saw when she was a child.
The master said that the wild goose was the last one and was destined not to reach the south.
"Climb up from here." Yan Xingzhi turned around at some point and said to her, pointing to the skylight.
Bai Xiaoxi returned to his senses and hurriedly said, "Okay."
When Yan Xingzhi was a child, he needed to use the feet of a table to climb up to the skylight, but now he doesn't need it anymore. He pushed open the skylight glass, propped it on both sides with his hands, and flipped onto the roof neatly, and then pulled Bai Xiaoxi up.
The air outside is fresh, the night wind is blowing the hair of the two of them slowly, and the bustling city at the foot of the mountain is all displayed in front of you, like a beautiful glass ball, which makes people breathless.
Several clusters of fireworks exploded silently, and splendid flowers bloomed in the night sky, as if performing a mime. After ten seconds, the sound came one after another.
"Boom-bang-bang-"
"It's amazing." Bai Xiaoxi murmured, knowing that the speed of light and the speed of sound are the same thing, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but admire it.
Yan Xingzhi didn't speak, just looked ahead.
As the time approached twelve o'clock, the fireworks became more and more dense, and finally, a bell sounded in the distance.
The old year has passed, and the new year has come.
Bai Xiaoxi looked at the fireworks in half the sky, and his thoughts returned to a long time ago.
She learned that the wild goose was doomed to die on the way, and cried and begged the master to help it. At first, the master refused, but she couldn't stand her rolling and crying, and finally agreed to let the wild goose stay on the Mingshan Mountain so that it could survive. In the harsh winter, reunite with its companions in the spring when the flowers are blooming.
Happy New Year, Master.
"Happy New Year." She said to Yan Xingzhi.